[Arrowhead1952]

The publishers of the Austin UnAmerican Statesman could find no buyers for their liberal rag and finally had to take it off the market. All these papers pad their circulation numbers by throwing the papers for free to unsubscribers.

Yup, they used to throw free trial papers into driveways every couple of months in pink or yellow plastic sleeves. Most went straight into the trash or recycle bins. I'd hate to be the delivery driver these days with the cost of fuel. Not much profit for them with the few I see laying when I go walking early on weekends.

[rstrahan]

I noted it included school bonds (having to build schools to meet a growing population while hamstrung by class size requirements). It also included road debt. This was done to get ahead on road costs to avoid inflation. As opposed to borrowing to fund “shrimp on treadmill” spending.

Apples and oranges